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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-01
BENEFIT ENrERrA1NMESr.- Mrs. C. M

BENEFIT ENTERTAINMENT Mrs. C. M.
Hopson was given a benefit concert by
children, in the lecture-room of the Con-
gregational Church, last evening. There
was fair and appreciative audience. which
was greatly pleased by the efforts of the
little folks, none IF whom were over ten
years of age. The programme consisted of
songs, addresses, Rotations dialogues and
instrumental solos. Virdie Washburn
made the address of welcome. A novel
feature was cornet solo by Ready Croker
Edgar A. Coffman was master of ceremo-
MES, and the masters and misses who took
part were: Virdie Washburn, Lena and
BERTHE Frazee, Richard and Frank Coyne,
Alice Washburn, Mable Coffman, Lulu
RESIDUE, Josie Franks, Ella Welsh, Mabel
Barnes, Robbie Belknap, Leland Tracy,
Ammon Clay, Eugene Van Trainer, Eva
Denison and Lille Spencer.
JEWISH HOLIDAYS. = The Jewish holi-
days began September 18th with New
Years services. On Tuesday evening last
services for the Day of Atonement were
held. The final services will begin at the
Synagogue Sunday evening at Z o'clock,
when the Feast of the Tabernacle will be
celebrated. This feast lasts eight DAYS.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-01

ACTION AGAINST n. d. RIDEoUT.-The
Marysville Democrat of Thursday says !:
" The papers in the case OF Mrs. Amanda
]. Hoag VS.. n. D. Rideout, were filed in
the Superior Court of this county to-day,
having been transferred from the Superior
Court of Colusa county. The plaintiff in
the cause of action alleges that she is and
has been the owner, and entitled to the
possession, of 100 head of cattle, consisting
of COWS, steers and calves, which the de-
PENDANT abinst her consent, on the 10th of
November, 1884, took possession of and
converted to his own use. The value of
the said cattle at the time she claims TO
have been $4,000. That on the 10Th day
of June, 1887, plaintiff demanded posses
sion of said property, and that the defend
ant refused. She claims that she has been
damaged to the amount of ST. 200, for
which amount she demands Judgment
against the defendant, N. d. Rideout.'
LATE ARREsrs.-The following names
appeared on the slate at the station-hous
at y o'clock last night; James Marks, as
sault to murder, by officer Sullivan All
Charley Nook. petit larceny. by officer
Franks; Mrs. Lille E. Draper and E. L.
Cassels, adultery, by Chief Dillman Annie
Brown, Mary Brown and Geo. Donahue,
grand larceny, by officers Franks and Car
roll John Doe, drunk, by officer Rider.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-01

SALE commences this morning promptly
at o'clock. Excellent values in all de-
partments. Red House.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-01

a DEMENTED HEATHEE.-Y esterday af-
ternoon a telephone message was received
at the station house from Front and Q
streets requesting that an officer be sent
down to take charge of Chinaman who
evidently wished 10 commit suicide. Of
Ecer Able responded to the call, and upon
arriving on the scene found that the Mon
gol had taken off his boots and hat and had
thrown his blankets into the river, he HIM
self apparently preparing to follow the
baggage. The officer took him in charge
and conveyed him to the city prison. His
name could not be learned, as he appeared
to be insane.
BROUGHT Down FROM RENo.-Yesterday
afternoon Chief Dillman brought down
from Reno DR.. L. Cassells and Mrs. Lily
Draper, the couple who eloped from lone
about a month ago. They will be tried
before Judge Buckley on the charge Of
adultery, preferred by the woman's hus-
band, to-day. Grove L. Johnson mas been
employed as their attorney. Mr.. Draper,
the womans husband, who has been work
ing up the case, stated that he had warrants
for the arrest of Cassels on charges of
grand larceny and swindling.
THE New CATHEDRAL.-Worko on the new
Cathedral at Eleventh and K streets is pro-
crossing rapidly, and from present appear
ances it will not be long before the main
body of the structure is completed. twill
be long time before everything is fin
ished, yet Bishop Manogues hopes to be
able to have part completed by Christmas
in which mass can be said.
OPENING OF THE SCHooLs.-The primary
schools will open on Monday, October Sd,
at the following hours Thirteenth and
G, at S:45; Seventh and G, Ii; Fourth and
Q, 1880; Tenth and Q, 2 o'clock. All the
others will open at o'clock. Pupils are
requested to purchase no books until fur
nished by the teachers with correct lists.
AN ACCIDENT AT CLARKsBURG.-Last
Wednesday, at Clarksburg, Warren Buell.,
while painting the roof of a house missed
his footing and fell to the ground, a dis.
lance of some thirty feet. He was brough;
to the city on the steamer yesterday. His
injuries consist of broken wrist, q broken
ankle and some severe bodily bruises
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-01

HIGHLAND PARK TRACr.-A number of
the most desirable lots ever offered for sale
in Sacramento will be sold at auction sale
Saturday, October Sth, at o'clock p. NJ, at
Armory Hall. See advertisement on an
other page.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-01
APPoRTIoNED AS FOLLOWS

Cash on hand October l, 1ss7......... SIS, 833 4;
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OVEKALLS AND JUMPERS-S or, 40es .. OF.
soc; 10 or, 60c.
Es- Pesfect Fit Guaranteed in al cases.
Call and II convinced.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-06-03

The Carson City New Union
thus comments on the editorial in
this paper touching the defeat of
Chew's bill to give our home traffic
protection against railroad discrim-
nation
1t is evident that the people of
West Virginia are dealing with the
same character of political infamy
that has done so much to stiie the
manhood of our own State of Ne
vada. The following from the w.
VA. DEMOCRAT has so many points
that have a familiar sound that the
readers might not strain his fancy
very much to suppose it was writ
ten in Nevada.
The salvation OF Nevada depends
on the circulation of papers, like the
Union, which are not under railroad
control. 1t is only Il question of
time, when the public will compre-
bend the value of such papers. The
railroad managers succeed in thwart-
ing legislation, simply because the
press barricades access to the ear of
the people.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-06-03
RAILWAY STATISTICS.

There are 100000 miles ofrailroad
in the world. In 1885 the railways
Of the United States carried 312,66G,-
CAL passengers and 400, 453, 439 tons
Of freight Each person was trans
ported an average distance Of TWEEN
ty-three miles, hence the entire
movement on all the roads was equal
to carrying S,54I ,309,674 persons
one mile. Massachusetts, takes the
lead passenger transportation with
$500, SS7; Pennsylvania next, then
New York, Illinois, New Jersey, and
Ohio In freight tonnage Pennsyl-
vania takes the lead with I05,705,-
GIG tons, and New York second.
There are about twenty-five miles Of
double track, sidings, etc, nineteen
locomotives, 621 freight cars, five
baggage and mail, and thirteen pas
sengers-cars for every 900 miles Of
railroad in the United States.
Speed is hard to average. The
sixty and seventy-fiyc miles an hour
train is generally a myth. An ay-
erage Of forty-eight and three-tentbs
miles per hour is the fastest time in
the United States. This is made on
the Pennsylvania Limited in its
run from Jersey City to Philadelphia,
ninety miles, in less than two hours.
The Flying Dutchman" is supposed
to make the fastest time in the world,
between London and Bristol, 11S4
miles in less than two hours; the av-
erage, though, Of even this fast train
is only fifty-nine and one-third miles
per hour. There are several other
trains noted for remarkably fast
time on short distances. Sometimes
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-06-03
OPINIONS OF US.
EVERY WORD TRUE.

FAYETTE, May 3l.-In renewing
my subscription l will add word
for publication.
The State will 90 Republican un-
less we convince the people that our
party will carry out in good faith
the principles so ably and so dis
tinctly set forth in your paper, the
only paper in this State, so far as |
can see, that comes square up to the
mark. Our party will be judged by
the expressions of its politicians, and
these politicians will follow what
they think is the popular current.
The circulation Of the DEMOCRAT
does good in this way: People read
it and say, "those are my sentiments
exactly" Politicians hearing these
expressions take the hint and the
next moment are speaking out the
very things the DEMOCRAT has said.
| have seen enough of politics to
know that if such paper at this
time had 10000 readers our next
candidates would be men who, as
you put it, SAY what they mean and
mean what they say" and with such
candidates our majority will be over
10000. 1 therefore appeal to Demo
Gratis to do as am doing and extend
your circulation as much as they can.
The more the paper is read the better
it is liked, and it comes nearer being
a fair exponent of sound Democracy
than any | have met with in 20 years.
The truth is. our party can not get
along without it, and it is only
question whether it will be distrib-
uted among the people in time to set
them thinking for the next cam
paign. 1t should be read
by all the young lawyers who expect
to take hand in politics and desire
to be posted as to the matters most
popular with the bone and sinew of
the party. They can get an educa-
ton from it they will not get from
any other paper or papers.
The above letter is from a Demo
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-06-03
An Important Railroad Enterprise.

A dispatch from Parkersburg, w.
Va, says:
Work was begun Saturday on
the Black Diamond Railroad, which
is projected from this city to Clifton
Forge Va. Work was begun in or
der to hold certain voted subscrip-
tions. which would otherwise expire
about the middle OF June, but the
work will be prosecuted in good faith
and there is at last every assurance
that the road will be speedily com
pleted. Indeed, to those who are on
the inside of matters there can hard
" be doubt of this. The board Of
directors were in session here Thurs
day and Friday. Judge Higley and
f. j. Granger, of New York, were in
conference with the board Mr.
Granger will sail in a few days for
London to perfect arrangements
with the syndicate which was rep
resented here last fall by Archibald
Fairlie, +. b. s., the eminent civil
engineer. Within two or three weeks
we shall know exactly what the
English syndicate will do, but the
present chances are largely that
they will furnish the capital to con
struct the entire road. 1t will begin
at Parkersburg, extend thro' Wood,
Writ, Calhoun, Gilmer, BraXton,
Webster and Pocahontas counties,
West Virginia, and Bath and Ale
ghany counties, Virginia, connecting
at Clifton Forge with the Chesa-
peake and Ohio"
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-06-03

political commissions work in a
groove. the direction of which varies
little in any age or country. InstI-
buttons once sufficient and salutary
become unadapted to change of
circumstances. The Evolutionary
holders of power see their interests
threatened. They are jealous of in
novations. They look on agitators
for reform rs felonious persons de
string to appropriate what does not
belong to them The complaining
parties are conscious Of suffering,
and rush bliudly on the superficial
causes of their immediate distress.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-06-03

resignation does not cnre the disa-
bility.
The following letter by Mr.. JEFF
ierson will be read with interest:
MONTICELLO, Jan. Is, 1914.
JOSEPH C CABELL, EsQ-DEAR
Sur. You ask my opinion on the
question, whether the States can add
any qualifications to those which
the Constitution has prescribed for
their members of Congress? 1t is a
question | had never before reflected
on; yet had taken up an off-hand
opinion that they could not. That
to add new qualifications to those of
the Constitution, would he rs much
an alteration as to detract from them.
And so ] think the House decided
in some case; | believe that Il mem
Der from Baltimore. But your letter
having induced me to look into the
Constitution and to consider the
question n little, l am again in your
prcdicament, of doubling the cor
rectness of my first opinion. Had
the Constitution been silent, nobody
can doubt but that the right to pre-
scribe all the qualifications and dis.
qualifications Of those they would
send to represent them, would have
belonged to the State. So also the
Constitution might have prescribed
the whole and excluded all others.
1t seems to have preferred the mid
die way. 1t has exercised the power
in part, by declaring some disqual-
ifications. But it does not declare,
itself, that the member shall not be
q lunat:c, convict of murder or 4
nonresident of his district. Nor
does it prohibit to the State the
power o. declaring these, or any
other, disqualifications which its
particular circumstances may call
for; and these may be different in
different States. OF course, then, by
the tenth amendment, the power
is reserved to the State. If,
whenever the Constitution assumes
q single power ont of many which
belong to same subject, we should
consider it as assuming the whole it
would vest the General Government
with a mass Of powers never contem
plated. On the contrary, the as
sumption of particular powers seems
an exclusion Of all not assumed.
This reasoning appears to me to be
sound; but, on so recent 4 change OF
view. caution requires us not to be
too confident, and We admit this to
be one of the doubtful questions on
which honest men may differ with
the purest motives, and the more
readily rs we find we have differed
from overselves on it.
(JeficrSon's Complete Works, vol. 6,
p. 800.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-06-03
THE M'GLYNN INCIDENT.
Louisville Couricr-Journal.


There are very few conservative
people who sympathize with the SEN
tlment, or motive. or aim, Of the alb
surd George McGlynn movement in
the East, albeit those men are mere
ly endeavOring, in public and law
ful manner, to influence popular
opinion and collect party to push
their theories by legal methods.
They are entitled to the full protec-
ton of the law, therefore, and are
exercising the unassailable right Of
free speech, than which none is bet
ter hedged and more sacredly guard
ed by constitutional muniments.
But foreign authority, in the per-
son of the Pope. is interfering with
that right, as exercised by Citizen
McGlynn. The Pope has notified
him once and again that it would be
as well for him to hold his peace,
but the Anti-poverty apostle, as he
calls himself, has been rebellious,
not to say defiant. His Holiness
has summoned him to appear at
Rome in forty days, or be eXcom
municated for his contumacy. Nc
Glvnn refuses to go, and will conse-
quently be punished by n foreign
power for exercising his rights of
an American citizen on Uncle Sans
own domain.
The Papacy has always been firm
ly sci against innovations upon the
established order of things and has
always been the very ne Plus ultra
of political conservatism. But in
this instance the Pope has been bad
" advised, and mistakes sadly in
his predicates. There are 100000
Catholic people in this country who
are as patriotic as the best, but it is
very obvious that they owe it to them
selves to have q clearer understand
ING with the head Of their church.
Foreign dictation in lawful politics
is not wanted here particularly; and
we are no more DESTROYS OF having
Roman authority exercised in limit
ing the rights of free political action
among our Catholic fellowcitizens
than Of having orr Irish citizens
acting here under the orders of
Queen Victoria.
Every citizen owes it to the pub
lie, and to the free institutions un-
der which he lives here, to hold him
self free and Independent Of all for
eign allegiances which might inter
fere with the lawful exercise of his
rights as citizen. And, undoubt-
eddy, q precedent like this ought not
to be allowed to stand without an
earnest protest against both the fact
and the principle.
The DEMOCRAT expressed precise
ly this view more than three weeks
ago.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-06-03

Revolutions proceed like the acts
of drama, and each act is divided
into scenes which follow one another
with singular uniformity. Ruling
powers make themselves hated by
usurpations and incapacity. An op-
position is formed against them, COM
posed of all sorts, lovers of order
and lovers of disorder, reasonable
men and fanatics, business-like men
and men of theory. The opposition
succeeds: the government Is over
thrown: the yictors divide into %
moderate party and an advanced
party. The advanced party go TO
the front, till they discredit them
selves with crime or folly. The
wheel has then gone round, and the
reaction sets i'm.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-06-03
WHY THE STATE IS POOR.

Those acquainted with the facts
well understand that unless railroad
discrimination is prevented our
home population must grow rapidly
poorer. while few shrewd men, in
combination with railroad officials,
will acquire almost fabulous wealth
by the development of the resources
of this State. Not only SO. but il is
perfectly well known, to those ac-
quaiuted with the facts, that ifrail-
road discrimination had been pre-
vented fifteen years ago our native
population would now be as pros
porous as any people is this world.
The present lull in politics offers 81
favorable opportunity to bring this
subject before thoughtful men and
TO prescuJto them few of themauy
facts they should consider
Immediately after the completion
Of the Chesapeake d Ohio railroad
certain officials of that corporation
organized % company for the pur-
pose OF buying the coal and lumber
along the line and selling it at a
profit in the open markets. 1t was
called the Coal IL Lumber Agency.
and it had secret rates and facilities
for transportation which were denied
10 other shippers. The profits of
this Agency were, of course, conceal
ell, but it is apparent that such an
Agency, composed of railroad oni-
cials, could not only fix the price
of whatever it wished to purchase,
but, since other buyers were dis
eliminated against, it could and did
at once obtain exclusive control Of
the local market. 1t soon came
about that this Agency allowed the
home producer "a margin Of earnings
barely sufficient to enable him to
continue in business. In 1881 a
committee Of the Legislature made
a partial examination into the facts
about this Agency, and we copy
few extracts from jhe testimony
printed in the Journal of that year:
Mr.. Berry, a coal operator of Fay
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-06-03
THE SENATORSHIP.

Experience proves that judge
seeking political office is apt to use
his official position to win votes and,
hence, the trainers of our State Con-
stitution decided that the best way
TO preserve the integrity of the Ju-
dietary was to make judges ineligi-
BILE to any political office. 1t, there
fore, provides:
No Judge during his Germ of Office shall
hold any other office, appointment or
public trust, under this, or any other
government, and the acceptance there
of, shall vacate his judicial office: nor
shall he, DURING HIS CONTIUANCE
THEREIN, BE ELIGIBLE To ANY PoLITI-
CAL OFFICE.
On one side it is argued that the
Federal Constitution determines the
qualifications of q Senator and q
State cannot add to those qralifca-
tons. On the other side, it is ar
gued that the Federal Constitution
does not go farther than to say who
shall not be member of the Senate,
and, therefore, it is entirely compe-
tent for a State to add other qualii-
cations. For example, France may
declare, mo person shall be an am
bassador to that Government who
shall not have attained the age of
thirty" and in such case, the law of
this country might well provide,
"that no person shall be an ambas-
sador who cannot speak French and
who is not a native
1t is further argued, that even al
though State may not add to the
qualifications mentioned in the Con
stitution, vet State has full author
ity to provide that certain of her
own citizens shall be ineligible to a
particular office. In other words, it
is competent for the State Constitu-
ton to provide that judge shall
not be eligible for any political of
fee.
The only provision in the Federal
Constitution bearing upon this point
is rs follows:
No person shall be a Senator who shall
not have attained to the age of 80, and
been nine years a citizen of the L. >.
and who shall not, when elected, be an
inhabitant of that State for which he
shall be chosen.
The State Constitution provides:
No Judge, during his continu-
ance in that office, shall be eligible to
any political office.
When a vacancy is already exist
ing, the term of 4 Senator common
ces at the very moment of time when
he is declared "dulY elected, " and, if
at that moment he holds the office of
Judge, he is, under the State Consti-
tuition, ineligible. If ineligible,when
elected, of course, his subsequent
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-06-03


I can get none. The result is, my
miners leave and 90 to johnson.
Before coming here to testify L saw
Johnson carrying around 4 petition
against the passage of the bill. The
last time / saw General Wickham,
which was last month, l asked for q
rate to Huntington. He referred
me to the card rate which is seventy
five cents. Mr.. Wyant told me that
he had rate to Huntington at iifty-
five cents. When l sold coal to the
agency l drew my draft on General
Wickham. When in Richmond a
few days ago, l met couple of gen
tlemen, an English and Scothman'
They told me they had been to Gen.
Wickham and inquired about buying
lumber along his road in West Nlr-
ginia, and he referred them to Mr..
Hatch. They said they went to see
Mr.. Hatch and he told them that If
they did not buy from the agency,in-
stead of from the parties owning lum-
Der in West Virginia, they would be
frozen out.
Mr.. Smith, o lumber dealer of
Monroe county, testified:
The New York Hoop company
have rate SO. so less than the usual
rate.
Mr.. Foote, lumber manufacturer
of Charleston, testified;
The C. & o. made large advance
to my brother to enable him to in
crease his lumber business.
Mr.. Forsythe, a lumberman of
Charleston, testified:
l have been shipping lumber on
the road for seven years. From my
information l believe that all the
logs shipped to Richmond 90 through
the Agency and also one-half of the
manufactured lumber. Under the
system which has been adopted the
company and the Agency together
have got substantially entire control
of the log and lumber business on the
road.
These extracts by no means eX-
haust the evidence which was then
obtained, but they prove conclusive
ly condition Of affairs which, if it
were comprehended by the rank and
file of voters, would insure the cleo
ton of men able and willing to pro
vide the legislation that is needed.
Unfortunately, the machinery Of
party is largely in the hands of per
sons who find n profit in promoting
private enterprises like the G.. IL O..
purchasing Agency. Unfortunately,
the general public has not been able
to distinguish between the men who
serve the people faithfully and the
men who sacrifice the people in order
to earn favors from railroad man
ayers. Our native population will
not prosper, until voters learn to
distinguish between these two
classes of men.